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In Soil Not Oil, Vandana Shiva explains that a world beyond dependence on fossil fuels and globalization is both possible and necessary. Condemning industrial agriculture as a recipe for ecological and economic disaster, Shiva champions the small, independent farm: their … Continue reading →

Democracy Now! Published on Mar 13, 2017 http://democracynow.org – A top official at the Environmental Protection Agency has resigned in protest of a Trump administration proposal to scale back severely the size and work of the agency. Mustafa Ali helped … Continue reading →

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09032017/epa-environmental-justice-mustafa-ali-flint-water-crisis-dakota-access-pipeline-trump-scott-pruitt Mustafa Ali quits after 24 years, as new administrator prepares deep cuts in programs affecting the poor and minorities. Phil McKenna By Phil McKenna Mustafa Ali is stepping down from his position as head of the environmental justice program … Continue reading →

Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability Published on Feb 7, 2017 November 17, 2011 | Robin Morris Collin, author and professor of law, explains the need to have all cultures represented and heard in sustainability discussions. and and

Posted on November 11, 2016 Food sovereignty offers a strategy for social mobilization that confronts rural disintegration while addressing environmental crises. This paper is being presented at Food and Justice: Ideas for a new global food agenda?, a conference organized … Continue reading →

Demonstrators protest over the Flint, Michigan contaminated water crisis, March 6, 2015. The University of Michigan’s Paul Mohai, a leading researcher of issues related to environmental justice, talked about the Flint water crisis at a workshop sponsored by the Institute … Continue reading →

Posted on October 22, 2016 “The pace and scale of ecological degradation we confront today is unfathomable without understanding the legacy and persistent realities of ecological imperialism.” Hannah Holleman Hannah Holleman is an activist and assistant professor of sociology at … Continue reading →

Charalee holds degrees in arts and law. Following receipt of a Rhodes scholarship in 1982, Charalee pursued post-graduate legal studies in Oxford, England. She held academic positions in England, New Zealand, and Canada and practised law in Canada. She has … Continue reading →

St. Paul, Minnesota | September 22-24, 2016 Indigenous communities, communities of color, and low-income communities across the United States are fighting for environmental justice (EJ). These communities have been disproportionately burdened by polluting industrial facilities and land and natural resource … Continue reading →

http://tejasbarrios.org/ejprinciples/ Delegates to the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit held on October 24-27, 1991, in Washington DC, drafted and adopted 17 principles of Environmental Justice. Since then, The Principles have served as a defining document for the … Continue reading →